Sexual Offences

(asked on 6th December 2017) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Bradley Portrait
Lord Bradley
(Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convicted sex offenders are (1) in prison, and (2) under supervision in the community; and how many in each of those categories have (a) a learning disability, or (b) autism.

Answered by
Portrait
Lord Keen of Elie
This question was answered on 19th December 2017

The information requested can be found in the table below

Sex Offenders, 30 June 2017

Autism Spectrum

Learning Disability

Learning Difficulties

Total Sex Offenders

In Community

37

12

823

14,820

In Custody

22

21

615

*13,324

Total

59

33

1,438

28,144

All of the above figures have been taken from the National Probation Service (NPS) case record system as of 30 June 2017, with the exception of those marked with * which have been taken from the MOJ Quarterly Statistics Bulletin for the same month. The offender may have more than one of the listed disability types. As the NPS records information on learning disabilities and autism based on self-reporting, the data cannot be taken to give a complete picture of the prevalence of learning disability and autism amongst sex offenders in custody or supervised by NPS in the community. Sex offenders on licence are subject to a strict set of conditions, and any offender who fails to comply risks being returned to prison or, if convicted of further offences, facing further punishment.

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